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21 wriggle
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1. verb(to twist to and fro: The child kept wriggling in his seat; How are you going to wriggle out of this awkward situation?) moverse, menearse, retorcerse
2. noun(a wriggling movement.) meneo- wrigglerwriggle vb retorcerse / moversesit still, stop wriggling! ¡estáte quieto, deja de moverte!tr['rɪgəl]1 retorcerse, menearse, moversestop wriggling (about)! ¡deja de moverte!1 menear, mover1 meneo\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto wriggle free escapar deslizándose, escabullirsev.• culebrar v.• culebrear v.• menear rápidamente v.• ondular v.• retorcer v.• serpentear v.n.• culebreo s.m.• meneo rápido s.m.'rɪgəl
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a) ( move) retorcerse*to wriggle along — \<\<worm\>\> avanzar* serpenteando or culebreando
b) ( with embarrassment)to make somebody wriggle — hacerle* pasar vergüenza a alguien
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vt \<\<body/toes\>\> mover*Phrasal Verbs:['rɪɡl]1.VT moverto wriggle one's toes/fingers — mover los dedos de los pies/de las manos
2.VI (also: wriggle about {or}3} around) [person, animal] (restlessly) moverse, revolverse; (in pain) retorcerse; [worm, snake, eel] serpentear; [fish] colearto wriggle free — escaparse, escurrirse
to wriggle out of a difficulty — escabullirse, escaparse de un apuro
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a) ( move) retorcerse*to wriggle along — \<\<worm\>\> avanzar* serpenteando or culebreando
b) ( with embarrassment)to make somebody wriggle — hacerle* pasar vergüenza a alguien
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vt \<\<body/toes\>\> mover*Phrasal Verbs: -
22 enrollar
enrollar ( conjugate enrollar) verbo transitivo 1 ‹papel/persiana› to roll up; ‹cable/manguera› to coil; 2 (Esp arg) ‹ persona› ( confundir) to confuse, get … confused; ( en asunto) to involve, get … involved enrollarse verbo pronominal 1 [ papel] to roll up; [cuerda/cable] to coil up; 2 (Esp fam)a) ( hablar mucho):◊ no te enrolles stop jabbering on (colloq);se enrollaron hablando they got deep into conversationb) ( tener relaciones amorosas):◊ se enrollaron en la discoteca they made out (AmE colloq) o (BrE colloq) they got off together in a disco;enrollarse con algn to make out with sb (AmE colloq), to get off with sb (BrE colloq)
enrollar verbo transitivo (una persiana, etc) to roll up (un cable) to coil (un hilo) to wind up ' enrollar' also found in these entries: English: coil - roll back - roll up - wind - wind up - blind - reel - roller - scroll - twist -
23 enroscar
enroscar ( conjugate enroscar) verbo transitivo ‹ tornillo› to screw in; ‹cable/cuerda› to coil; enroscar algo en algo to wind sth around o onto sth enroscarse verbo pronominal
enroscar verbo transitivo
1 to coil, wind: enrosca la manguera, coil up the hose
2 (atornillar) to screw in o on: enrosca bien la tapa del frasco, screw the lid tightly on the jar ' enroscar' also found in these entries: English: screw on - twist - wind
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